my two favourite photos from 2009, they would be these two
Photo Albums
Past Design Team Work
Places I Love
December 30, 2009
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas! I hope you spend the day surrounded by those who love and cherish you, as much as you do them!
December 21, 2009
Me, Today
I loved this week's sketch from Julie at 52sketches 52 weeks. I'm so sad to hear that the site won't be continuing in 2010. I've completed 32 of her 50 sketches this year! I've been doing so many layouts of the girls lately, that I wanted to do something about me! My list of 5 random facts for today would be more like 1. overtired mummy 2.overwhelmed 3.laundry folder 4.diet coke guzzler 5. chocolate hogger!
I used up my leftovers to make a little card for Ken that reads "Merry Christmas Dear" on the inside.
People keep asking what I want for Christmas this year...and honestly, all I want is a full night of sleep and a cozy day at home with Ken and the girls. For the first time in my life, I'm having Christmas dinner at my house and parents are coming to see us. The crazy car trips and hauling the kids around was just too much last year and I'd love for them to enjoy the whole day in their own house!
What's on your Christmas list?
December 17, 2009
We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.
A recent layout based on the December Sketch Challenge at Two Scrapbook Friends. In January, I'll be part of their Design Team and I'm SO excited about it!! I got my first kit from them and it is lovely!
Our Christmas card:
Some recently discovered blogs that are inspiring and creative and fun:
Tonight we took a little drive to see some of the Christmas lights around town. We got the girls dressed in their jammies. I was envisioning a quiet drive, listening to Christmas music and them falling asleep. NOPE. Every house we saw they yelled "Christmas lights" and our attempts at singing Christmas songs in the car resulted in a screaming match between them of who could yell Jingle Bells the loudest. Tis the season!
December 16, 2009
December 14, 2009
December Daily Photos To Date
1. the countdown begins
2. advent calendar
3. elf yourself
4. sprinkles for gingerbread men
5. visit to Santa
6. Christmas cracker??
7. Daycare play
8. photo for our Christmas card
9. March of the little people to the manger
10. baby gift that I made (sorry...crappy photo!)
11. Norah with pigtails for the first time (lasted 10 whole minutes before she pulled them out)
12. Barclay hanging out on the couch with me
13. hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows...yum
December 07, 2009
Hello Monday
It's Monday. A new week and a fresh start and a giant to-do list!
Our weekend was so busy and so festive with lots of Christmas parties.
I took tons of photos and am determined that they will make their way into my December Daily album.
I cropped on Friday night and got 24 pages made in my December Daily album!
I also worked on this layout with my all time favourite winter photo of Ruby from 2006.
Tonight is the daycare's Christmas pageant. I'm so excited that my Dad is coming to visit and see the pageant with us. The girls will be so excited to see Grand Dad in the audience! Hopefully I can elbow my way through the parent paparazzi to get some good photos!
I recently scrapbooked this photo of my sister and I from 1979. I think Ruby and Norah look a lot like we did when we were little!
Here's a photo of our visit to Santa at a Christmas party yesterday.
December 04, 2009
November 30, 2009
December tomorrow!
Goodbye November you dreary, grey and long, long month. I'm ready for December and some holiday magic. This year I want to decorate a gingerbread house, write letters to santa and (hopefully if the weather cooperates) play in the snow!
I have zero desire to get sucked into the craziness that is Christmas shopping. I want to keep things as simple as possible and focus on what is really important, family. For the first time in my life, I will be making a Christmas dinner! I'm so excited that we will spend Christmas in our own house and have my parents join us for a turkey dinner.
After last December's attempt at a December Daily album, I vowed never to do it again. I only made it to day 19 and then got too distracted by the holidays to finish it.
I'm going to attempt it again this year! A Prima canvas 8x8 album
, lots of Comso Cricket
and some Collage Press
Oh...and I should maybe think about making Christmas cards too!
